The head of the agency that compiles the closely watched monthly jobs report usually toils in obscurity, but on Friday, the current holder of that job was loudly fired by the president of the United ...

Like any government agency, the BLS is a thoroughly political entity. And yet Donald Trump’s critics are right to be worried.

Was Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer arrested by "U.S. Navy JAG" on "treason charges" related to the ...

Bill Beach said the president's suggestions that the jobs report was rigged betrayed a misunderstanding in how those numbers ...

Erika McEntarfer was a longtime US government employee who bore the brunt of President Trump’s unhappiness with Friday’s jobs ...

When President Donald Trump announced his nomination of E.J. Antoni to replace Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner Erika ...

President Donald Trump fired BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer after a disappointing July jobs report showed only 73,000 jobs added and major downward revisions to previous months. Accusing her of ...

That’s part of the reason Gonzaga associate professor of economics Ryan Herzog thinks President Donald Trump made a mistake ...

E.J. Antoni is a partisan hack. A frequent guest on Steve Bannon’s "War Room" podcast, he’s joined Bannon in criticizing the ...

Without evidence, Trump called the data "rigged" and implied that BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer manipulated the numbers ...

The president’s move throws the quality of America’s statistical apparatus into question.

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